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"How-To" for Joint Ventures \| Direct Link This article provides an overview of different types of nonprofit and business partnerships with particular attention paid to legal and tax implications. Key Terms: entrepreneurship, financial management, joint ventures, sustainability Author: Fremont-Smith, Marion R. \| Published: 2002
Corporate Social Investing \| Direct Link This book, written for corporate managers, shows corporations how to form beneficial alliances with nonprofits. An introduction to corporate social investing is given along with a method for converting traditional corporate philanthropy into a tool for achieving business objectives and opening up new nonprofit revenue streams. Key Terms: corporate giving, entrepreneurship, financial management, social investing, sustainability Author: Weeden, Curt \| Published: 1998
Double Bottom Line \| Direct Link This research report relays the findings from several years of a social entrepreneurship initiative. It describes the difficulties of starting and funding a social enterprise and the risks and rewards involved. Key Terms: entrepreneurship, financial management, management, organizational management, social entrepreneurship, sustainability Author: Seedco \| Published: 2005
Financial Management Training Center \| Direct Link This Web site offers Business Finance courses available online, downloadable, and in PDF format. All courses are free and accessible from the web page. Key Terms: cash flow, competitive intelligence, financial management, financial performance, mergers Author: Financial Management Training Center
GuideStar \| Direct Link This Web site contains an advanced search option that allows users to access reports and financial information such as 990 forms on many individual nonprofit organizations. Under the nonprofit section, users will find articles about the nonprofit sector. Author: GuideStar \| Published: 1994 Preferred Practice: Spend Money Like Your Donors Would Raise enough money to ensure stable programming, but do not raise more money than is needed. Source: Joel J. Orosz, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Create An Endowment Endowments help to stabilize organizations by providing a steady stream of reliable income, in good times and in bad. Source: Joel J. Orosz, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly \| Direct Link This journal is an international, interdisciplinary journal for nonprofit sector research. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ) provides a forum for researchers from around the world to publish timely articles from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Author: ARNOVA
Nonprofit Times \| Direct Link This newsletter is a business publication for nonprofit management that includes an Issue Library. NOTE: A paid subscription is required for most viewers although the service provides nonprofit executives with a free subscription. Author: The Nonprofit Times
Powering Social Change: Lessons on Community Wealth Generation for Nonprofit Sustainability \| Direct Link This research report looks at new revenue generation strategies nonprofits are using to sustain themselves. It includes cases of social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy that have built community wealth by re-investing revenues in the community. Key Terms: community wealth, entrepreneurship, financial management, revenue strategy, sustainability Author: Community Wealth Ventures, Inc. \| Published: 2003
Profiting From Purpose \| Direct Link This book describes several successful social entrepreneurship initiatives. The businesses are organized as nonprofit and as for-profit, and calculate return on investment in differing ways. Key Terms: entrepreneurship, financial management, management, organizational management, social entrepreneurship, sustainability Author: Seedco \| Published: 2005
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World \| Direct Link This article discusses venture philanthropy, social return on investment (SROI), and how money donated to nonprofit organizations are increasingly being viewed as capital investments. Key Terms: entrepreneurship, financial management, social capital markets, sustainability Author: Kavanagh, Anne \| Published: 2000
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